I woke up today with so much in my mind, and that Sylvia Plath quote pierced right through me and I felt every inch of it.
This made me think about the life cycle of a butterfly and how much it resonates with our lives. Female butterflies lay many eggs because not all will (1/?) survive. Apparently, we are the eggs that survived long enough to become caterpillars. Oh the fun stage, probably the school years where we ate and ate and ate and ate again to grow and run around exploring everything. Then comes the pupa stage, the very uncomfortable (2/?)

A lot of people spend most of their lives away from their families and homes that they barely build a community around them. They become visitors of their own homes. Things that used to hold people who live around together don’t do that much anymore. Weddings, funerals conducted far from home. Where one builds their house to call home is not where they live. So, you have this group of people who have spent most of their lives away from home for years and suddenly they have to build a home and make it work with those within it and around it.

Mjadala uliofanyika leo katika mkutano mkuu wa MEWATA kuhusu afya ya akili baada ya kujifungua, umenikumbusha mbali.
Siku moja napita round wodi ya watoto wachanga nawahimiza kina mama kunyonyesha watoto, mama mmoja aliniita “dokta ukimaliza njoo” #UZI #MEWATA2023 Nilipoenda akamchukua mwanae akanikabidhi mkononi akasema, “shogaangu hebu niangalizie mwanangu, maana mie sijielewi”
Nikamuuliza, “unajiskiaje” nikidhani labda ana shida ya mwili ili tuwaite watu wa wodi ya kina mama waje kumhudumia. Akasema, “yani nikimbeba hivi mtoto kumpa

When I saw a stream of blood down my leg, I knew right there and then; it’s happening! My worst nightmare was coming true and I couldn’t believe it because it was already days after delivery. I have NEVER been that terrified ALL MY LIFE.
This is my story: SURVIVING PPH #Thread 🧵 I tried to be calm, but I could hear my heart pounding in my ears. It felt like someone ripped out my heart and put it in speaker right next to my ears. I felt dizzy, so I sat down. I can’t tell if I was dizzy because of blood loss or the fear of becoming a statistic.

Kuna safari hata ziwe fupi vipi, hazisahauliki. Hazisahauliki kwa mengi; watu uliosafiri nao, watu uliokutana nao, experience ya safari na mengine mengi.
Mimi safari hii pichani sitaisahau.
Nilipata wasaa wa kushare na @buguzi @NormanJonasMD @DrArabiFrank na @JuliethSebbaMD #UZI Ilianza kama utani hivi, nikafahamishwa nimepata nafasi ya kufanya mafunzo Morogoro ambayo yaliandaliwa na @sikika1 na @tacaidsinfo
Na mimi mpenda safari na mpenda afya, naanzaje kukosa? Nikafungasha kibegi changu uelekeo mji kasoro bahari.
Moro bwana! Moro PAZURI NYIE! Basi tu.

SEHEMU YA PILI #IjueChanjoNaDaktariMwandishi
Leo, saa 3 asubuhi, Rais SSH atazindua chanjo pale ikulu kwa kupata chanjo hiyo.
Wakati huo, tuendelee kujifunza kuhusu chanjo za COVID19 haswa aina ya Johnson&Johnson ambayo ndio imepokelewa. #UZI FUATILIA
#DaktariMwandishi 3. JE, NIKIPATA CHANJO YA COVID19 KUTANIFANYA NIWE NA SUMAKU (MAGENTIC)?

Hapana. Chanjo za COVID19 hazina uwezo wa kutengeneza "electromagnetic field" (uwezo wa wewe kuwa sumaku) na chanjo zote hazina metals.
Unaweza kuangalia nini kimo kwenye chanjo katika ukurasa wa CDC.

#IjueChanjoNaDaktariMwandishi
Bado naikumbuka siku ile ilipotangazwa chanjo ya kwanza ya COVID19, nilikuwa twitter, sikuwahi kufurahia matunda ya sayansi kama siku hiyo.
Wakati huo, tayari janga la COVID19 na upotoshwaji ulikuwa juu ...#UZI (SEHEMU YA KWANZA)
#DaktariMwandishi kitu ambacho sikutegemea, ni upotoshwaji mkubwa zaidi uliokuja na chanjo.
Lakini, siwalaumu wenye maswali dhidi ya chanjo. Yapo maswali muhimu mno ambayo, hatuwezi kuyasukumia uvunguni kwa kigezo cha upotoshaji.
Ni lazima yajibiwe hata kidogo.
Nitajitahidi kutoa majibu machache.

Just laying on bed, my body aching and my head is literally on fire.
Scrolling through same 3 apps, seeing excitements of a "long weekend" ahead.
Ooh! It dawns on me. It's Easter weekend.
My bad. I haven't been oriented to days of the week, only dates for some time because, you know..work!
My work wants me to know date and time, I can barely differentiate a weekday and a weekend/holiday until I get on the road and wonder why the jam ain't like usual.
But, I love it here. I love this work. Maybe a lil' too much. Idk.
It's the one thing I've dreamt of all

I have to disagree with him.
These changes are NOT going to happen over a year, or decade maybe not even century.
Suffragettes fought for votes over 100yrs ago.
Yet even today, studies have shown that in some areas, women don't really have the freedom to vote for who they want.

https://twitter.com/bintibena/status/1377661097499590656

I mean, there were cases the other year of divorces and DV because the wives voted for someone that their husbands didn't like. Actually, statistics show that DOMSTIC VIOLENCE cases go up during elections because of these incidents.
There are countries that allowed their women to

BARUA KWA BINTI WA 🇹🇿 #UZI
#PARTONE
Binti,
Salaam zikufikie pale ulipo kama upepo uvumavyo kutoka baharini kwenda nchi kavu. Natumaini hujambo. Mimi sijambo.
Kila siku nakuwaza sana. Nafikiria nifanyeje kugusa maisha yako.
Kabla ya yote nijitambulishe, mimi ni #DaktariMwandishi Dhumuni la barua hii, ni kusema na wewe Binti. Natamani barua hii ningeiremba kwa maua, lakini naamini maneno nitakayoandika ni mbegu tosha.
Jana ilikuwa siku ya wapendanao, haijalishi ulipokea salamu au la, naomba pokea zangu; NAKUPENDA.
Enzi hizo nikiwa sekondari, ilikuwa siku

There is no need of that because girls are being taught that even before they attain menarche.
The question is, when are boys going to be taught how to actually be good husbands and their roles in marriage?
If you were a woman, you'd know that "ndoa" has been the backbone of

https://twitter.com/FestoNgadaya/status/1308029451691753473

everything women are taught to do.
Literally, a girlchild is being groomed to be a wife from a young age, being shown their place and "responsibilities" as mothers and wives.
But I don't see that happening to a boychild. They are just let "to be boys" and suddenly they marry and

Oooh Mama Afrika! Tunakusifu kwa kuijaza Afrika. Kwa kutupa matunda bora ya mbegu zilizopandwa kwako.
Tumeona kilio chako kutoka nyikani. Kilio chako kwa matunda yako yaliyopotea kabla hayajaiva.
Mama Afrika, kilio chako tumekisikia. Futa machozi.
Kwani #MaamuziYakoKeshoYako #UZI Ni siku nyingine tulivu, baada ya purukushani za daladala kuwahi hospitali, nilimsalimu nesi wa zamu huku nikivaa koti langu tayari kuandaa meza kwa ajili ya kliniki ya kina mama wajawazito.
Mlipuko wa homa ya virusi vya Korona ulikuwa umeanza, na siku ile #MaamuziYakoKeshoYako

NEW ARRIVALS 🔥💙💚💛
SEHEMU YA PILI: 17,000TZS

NEW ARRIVALS 💙🔥
#UZI SEHEMU YA KWANZA.
17,000TZS per pair.

Nilivyokuwa form 3, nilipendekezwa kuwa kiranja wa afya msaidizi, kiukweli nilikuwa sitaki, umoniter wa darasa ulikuwa unanitosha.
Tukaitwa ofisini kujinadi kwa staff, nikasema, "naitwa Kuduishe Kisowile, nimependekezwa kuwa kiranja msaidizi wa afya, na sitaki."
Nikasikia, (1/5) mwalimu anasema, "unasema?"
Nikarudia, "sipo tayari, sitaki kuwa kiranja."
Wote wakacheka. Hakuna aliyetegemea lile jibu nadhani.
Wakaniruhusu nikaondoka.
Matokeo yalivyotoka nikachaguliwa.😂😭
Nikaenda ofisini kwa mwalimu mkuu msaidizi nalia, sitaki kuwa kiranja. 😂😂😭 (2/5)

#UZI : NEW ARRIVALS 🔥
Vile #ViwaloVyaKudu vimerudi tena! 😍🔥
-Ukipenda, screenshot tuma DM ulipie kama ipo.
-Nguo isiyolipiwa, haitotunzwa.
-Bei ni 17000Tshs, haipungui.
-Delivery J'PILI TU, Mikoani tunatuma, Unaweza kuja kuchukua KAIRUKI siku yoyote.
KARIBU💙
#DaktariMwandishi Karibuni 💙🔥
Wale wa PAJAMA PARTY, SLEEP OVER, SLUMBER PARTY, 😋😋😋

Akasimama Mama Victor, kila mtu alikuwa akisubiria maneno yake. Ni mama wa makamo, alipendeza sana. Akasema yeye ana funzo dogo, AINA TANO ZA MANENO.
Nimeona nisiwe mchoyo, niwashirikishe niliyojifunza jana kwenye #SisterhoodTeaParty by DinaMarious #UZI (MFUPI)
#DaktariMwandishi 1. Maneno matamu-
Yapo ya aina mbili
a）maneno ya faraja (maneno ya kutia moyo, maneno ya kuinua nafsi ya mtu)
b）maneno ya mapenzi (yamejaa huba, yanakufanya utekenyeke kabla hata hujaguswa, haya ni maneno ya kumpa umpendaye, maneno ya kutia hamasa)
#SisterhoodTeaParty

Nilimpokea mtoto yule, alikuwa wa kiume, mkubwa, 4.4kgs lakini alikuwa amefariki. Nikamfunga vizuri, na kubandika karatasi kwenye kanga ile, "mtoto wa __"
Mama yake alikuwa nusu kaputi, kizazi kimechanika, daktari akifanya juu chini kuokoa maisha yake. #UZI
#MaamuziYakoKeshoYako Alikuwa ni mtoto wake wa tano. Alikuwa amepoteza damu nyingi mno. Huku dripu ya damu ikishuka, daktari alisema, "leo, siku haijaanza vema"
Huyu ndio mgonjwa wa kwanza wa upasuaji kwa siku hiyo, aliletwa kwa upasuaji wa dharura.
Alipomaliza kushonwa, niliketi pembeni ya daktari

Nimeketi kitandani, nikatazama picha hii, nikatabasamu.
Hakika ni sanaa iliyofana.
Kwanini picha hii? tena ambayo bado haijakamilika?
Hayumkini ni kwasababu imeakisi utu wangu, ya kwamba mimi si mkamilifu.
Natazama nilipotoka. Nashusha pumzi. Natabasamu. #UZI
#DaktariMwandishi Kwa sababu fulani, machozi yananilenga.
Nafumba macho. Taa zimezimwa. Chumba kipo kimya. Wenzangu wawili wametoka, mmoja amelala, siku yake haikuwa njema.
Sauti ya pekee ni ya feni inayozunguka kutupunguzia joto la jiji hili.
Navuta hisia. Mawazo yanarudi nyuma. Kumbukumbu

MAISHA NI SAFARI, JARIBU. MAISHA NI MAPIGANO, PIGANA.
Ni maisha ya Mtoto Mercy Maeda: mtoto pekee ambaye kwa sasa alitakiwa awe anaendelea na masomo ya Kidato Cha Pili, St. Mary’s Mazinde Juu, ila sasa anapigana na saratani ya DAMU (LEUKEMIA)
#UPENDOUSIOPIMIKA
#DaktariMwandishi Mama yake Natu Rashid Maeda aliugua saratani ya titi kwa miaka 10 akapata matibabu kwa miaka 10 haikuwa rahisi kwa familia kiuchumi.
Familia ikiwa inamshukuru Mungu yakuwa mama amehakikishiwa kupona kabisa ndani ya miezi 4 Mtoto Mercy anagundulika kuwa na saratani ya damu na sasa

To everyone saying we going through similar struggles, none of y'all can relate to this thread but y'all just don't wanna accept the reality.
Be out here parading denial and cognitive dissonance.
Ain't NOBODY wanna live in a survival mode or be a special group cuz them random

https://twitter.com/Kudu_ze_Kudu/status/1220317170590154753

humans might injure or murder them. Albinos would testify to that.
It ain't NO PRIVILEGE to be on the look out all the time, uncomfortable, to be under watch, to not live in complete freedom cuz some person might harm you. That AIN'T NO PRIVILEGE, that's LIVING IN FEAR ion get